Test Manager Contracts in Southampton

Test Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Test Manager daily rate in Southampton is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +20
Contract jobs requiring a Test Manager 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 4.63% - 2.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.72% - 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £495
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £515
90th Percentile - - £520
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £775 £505
% change year-on-year -32.26% +53.47% -1.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Southampton with a recognized job title 106 141 143
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.15% 83.43% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 84 100
10th Percentile £139 £200 £240
25th Percentile £313 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.12% +2.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £538 £650 £593
90th Percentile £617 £713 £665
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 10
10th Percentile - £15.73 £16.00
25th Percentile - £62.50 £17.31
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £23.79
Median % change year-on-year - +194.24% +35.40%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £33.27
90th Percentile - - £45.03
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £57.35 £52.50
% change year-on-year -4.10% +9.24% +141.38%

Test Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings that featured Test Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Test Manager in Southampton

Test Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Test Manager in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Test Manager in Southampton

Test Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Test Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring Test Manager in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) FMEA
4 1 (20.00%) Network Security
4 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (20.00%) Test Assurance
4 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) BT
4 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Validation

Test Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Security Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (20.00%) FMEA
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (20.00%) Test Assurance
3 1 (20.00%) Test Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (20.00%) CISM
4 1 (20.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) BT
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco